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Determination of sexual dimorphism in the puparia of four whitefly pest species from India (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Mohammed M. Baig, Anil K. Dubey, Vilayanoor V. Ramamurthy

We evaluated sexual dimorphism in puparia of four whiteflies, viz., Aleyrodes sp. on Oxalis corniculata (Oxalidaceae), Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889) on Solanum melongena (Solanaceae), Dialeurodes delhiensis David & Sundararaj, 1992 on Ficus virens (Moraceae), and Trialeurodes…

Two new genera of flatid planthoppers from Socotra island (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae)

Adam Stroiński, Igor Malenovský, Dariusz Świerczewski

Two new monotypic genera of flatid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae) are described from Socotra island (Yemen): Dixamflata gen. nov. for D. petri sp. nov. and Kesaflata gen. nov. for K. lubosi sp. nov. Habitus, male and female external and internal genital structures of the new…

Pratigi aristeui, a new Neotropical genus and species of Stenopodainae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

Hélcio R. Gil-Santana, Jader de Oliveira

Pratigi aristeui gen. & sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae) is described based on a male from the state of Bahia, Brazil. Pratigi gen. nov. differs from all other New World genera by the conspicuously elongated clypeus and the subpentagonal shape of the head. Other…

The genus Nabidomiris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae): review of the species and description of a new species from South Africa

Irina Morales, Dimitri Forero

Nabidomiris Poppius, 1914 is an African plant bug genus with three described species. Here we describe as new a fourth, Nabidomiris natalensis sp. nov. from KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), and compare it to the other known species. Because male genitalia are important for species delimitation,…

Rhyparoclava pyrrhocoroides, a new genus and species of autapomorphic Rhyparochromidae with clavate antennae from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)

Petr Kment, Vladimír Hemala, Petr Baňař

A new genus and species, Rhyparoclava pyrrhocoroides gen. & sp. nov. from the Montagne de Français in northern Madagascar is described and illustrated, including structures of the external scent efferent system of the metathoracic scent glands, pregenital abdomen and its trichobothrial…

New taxa of Neotropical Acanthocerini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae)

Harry Brailovsky, Ernesto Barrera

Guilbertocoris guianensis gen. & sp. nov from French Guyana, Moronopelios flavoantennatus sp. nov. from Ecuador, and Moronopelios nigritus sp. nov. from Brazil (Amazonas) and Peru are described and included in the tribe Acanthocerini (Coreidae: Coreinae). The relationships of these two genera…

Rediscovering Anhanga: redescription and considerations on its taxonomic placement (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

Filipe M. Bianchi, Aline Barcello, Jocelia Grazia

The genus Anhanga Distant, 1887 is a monotypical taxon erected for A. modesta Distant, 1887. Access to the photographs of the type specimen allowed us to identify three females and one male belonging to this genus. Here we redescribe the genus and the species and provide a detailed…

Revision of the genus Caledonica (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

Arnošt Kudrna

A revision of the endemic New Caledonian tiger beetle genus Caledonica Chaudoir, 1860 is presented based on the examination of more than 600 specimens including the relevant type material. Neotype is designated for Distipsidera mediolineata Lucas, 1862 and Distipsidera Mniszechii…

Description of two new species of Dineutus sensu stricto from Southeast Asia (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) with a key to the known species of the subgenus

Grey T. Gustafson, Jiří Hájek, Kelly B. Miller

Two new species of Dineutus Macleay, 1825 (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) are described and illustrated: Dineutus barong sp. nov. from Bali, Indonesia and Dineutus sitesi sp. nov. from Thailand. A checklist to the species of the Dineutus s. str. is provided, as is a key to the species currently…

Nomenclatural notes on some Palaearctic Gyrinidae (Coleoptera)

Hans Fery, Jiří Hájek

Several names of Gyrinidae taxa have been found in the literature which are given with incorrect publishing dates. The correct data could be assigned to these taxa by specifying the true publishing dates mainly of five important works: Aubé’s ‘Species général’ is dated September 29, 1838, and the…

A new species of the genus Acrolocha (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from Yunnan Province, China

Alexey V. Shavrin, Aleš Smetana

Acrolocha zhongdianensis sp. nov. is described from China, Yunnan and illustrated. The key to Acrolocha Thomson, 1858 species of the eastern Palaearctic Region is presented.

Revision of the subgenus Gelaeus of Chrysodema (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysochroinae)

David Frank, Lukáš Sekerka

The subgenus Gelaeus Waterhouse, 1905 of Chrysodema Laporte & Gory, 1835 is revised based on comparative study of extensive material including types of all described taxa. The subgenus is restricted to the Lesser Sunda Islands and Selayar Islands, Indonesia. Three new species and six…

A new species of neotenic Neolyrium from Peru (Coleoptera: Lycidae)

Elynton A. do Nascimento, Milada Bocakova

Neolyrium iquitosense sp. nov., a new species of Lycidae, is described and illustrated. This second species of the genus represents the first record of Neolyrium from Peru, keeping its distribution restricted to tropical areas of South America.

Review of the genera Diplopherusa and Paracladiscus (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Tillinae) from Japan and Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species

Hiroyuki Murakami

The genera Diplopherusa Heller, 1922 and Paracladiscus Miyatake, 1965 from Japan and Taiwan are reviewed. Two species, Diplopherusa yonaguniensis sp. nov. from Japan and Paracladiscus choui sp. nov. from Taiwan, are described as new, and in total six species of both genera occur in the…

Revalidation and redescription of three distinct species synonymized as Plagiometriona sahlbergi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

Vivian Flinte, Jéssica H. Viana, Margarete V. Macedo, Donald Windsor, Lukáš Sekerka

Plagiometriona sahlbergi (Boheman, 1855), P. multisignata (Boheman, 1855) and P. scenica (Boheman, 1855) were described over a century and half ago as separate species based on dry museum specimens. The latter two were later synonymized with P. sahlbergi. While observations in nature find both…

Revision of the Gonioctena flavoplagiata species-group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae), with descriptions of two new species from China and Laos

Hee-Wook Cho, Lech Borowiec

The Gonioctena flavoplagiata species-group of the subgenus Asiphytodecta Chen, 1935 is defined and reviewed. Two new species are described and illustrated: G. (A.) jindrai sp. nov. (southwestern China) and G. (A.) truncaticornis sp. nov. (northeastern Laos). Gonioctena (A.) eburoides (Achard,…

Identity of taxa proposed in Clythra (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae) by Carl Peter Forsberg (1821)

Jan Bezděk

The taxa of Clythra Fabricius, 1798 (nowadays Clytra Laicharting, 1781) introduced by Carl Peter Forsberg (1821a) are reviewed. The primary type specimens of all species were examined. Mastostethus ruficauda (Forsberg, 1821), comb. nov. is transferred as a valid species to Megalopodidae. The…

Descriptions of larvae of the Pristiphora thalictri group of the Czech Republic (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Tenthredinidae)

Jan Macek

The larva of Pristiphora sareptana Kuznetzov-Ugamskij, 1924 is described and illustrated for the first time, and the larvae of P. rufipes Serville, 1823 and P. thalictri (Kriechbaumer, 1884) are redescribed. Thalictrum foetidum and T. minus (Ranunculaceae: Thalictroideae) are the first…

Pristocera masii: rediscovery of the holotype and its transfer to Acrepyris (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)

Isabel D. C. C. Alencar, Wesley D. Colombo, Celso O. Azevedo

We report the rediscovery of the holotype of Pristocera masii Soika, 1933 (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae: Pristocerinae), originally described from a single male from Venice, Italy. The holotype was considered lost but during a scientific visit at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Giacomo Doria” in…

Two new species of subgenus Sivatipula from China (Diptera: Tipulidae: Tipula)

Qiu-Lei Men, Guo-Xi Xue, Xue-Meng Yang

Species of Tipula (Sivatipula) similis Men, sp. nov. from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and T. (S.) tongbiguanensis Men, sp. nov. from Yunnan Province are described and illustrated and placed in the subgenus Sivatipula Alexander, 1964. Tipula (S.) tongbiguanensis Men, sp. nov. represents the…

Psychodidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia: checklist and description of a new genus and species

Jan Ježek, Francois Le Pont

An account of the Psychodidae from New Caledonia is given, including the description of Cookiellocapsa caledoniensis gen. & sp. nov. based on male specimens. This new genus of uncertain tribal placement is compared with the genera Feuerborniella Vaillant, 1974 (type species Psychoda obscura…

Two new species of Nototelmatoscopus (Jozifekia), with records of three other species from Thailand (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Trond Andersen

The subgenus Jozifekia Ježek, 2010 of Nototelmatoscopus Satchell, 1953 was erected on the basis of a single species, Nototelmatoscopus (Jozifekia) sasakawai Ježek, 2010 from Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). In the present work, we describe two new species of this subgenus from the Chiang Mai…

A new species of Potamophylax from Spain with a key to the Iberian species (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae)

Jesús Martínez, Luís Martín, Marcos A. González

A new species of the genus Potamophylax Wallengren 1891, P. asturicus sp. nov., from Spain is described and figured. This new species is a microendemic of the Spanish Cantabrian Mountains and is closely related to P. albergaria Malicky, 1976, from which it differs in a combination of genitalic…

Chrysoclista germanica sp. nov. and C. gabretica stat. nov., with an updated checklist of the genus (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Parametriotinae)

Jan Šumpich, Peter Huemer

Chrysoclista germanica sp. nov. is described from Germany (Thuringia, Bad Blankenburg). Chrysoclista gabretica Šumpich, 2012 stat. nov., originally described as subspecies of C. abchasica Sinev, 1986, is elevated to species level. Both taxonomic acts are based on the study of morphological…

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